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Proprioseiopsis ovatus Garman

Description

Proprioseiopsis ovatus (Garman)

Amblyseiopsis ovatus Garman, 1958: 78.

Amblyseius ovatus.— Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 133.

Proprioseiopsis ovatus.— Moraes et al., 1986: 121; 2004b: 184; Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 15; 2007: 89; Denmark & Evans, 2011: 214.

Proprioseiopsis antonellii Congdon, 2002: 15 (synonymy according to Denmark & Evans, 2011: 214).

Amblyseius cannaensis Muma, 1962: 4 (synonymy according to Denmark & Evans, 2011: 214).

Amblyseius hudsonianus Chant & Hansell, 1971: 723 (synonymy according to Denmark & Evans, 2011: 214).

Amblyseius parapeltatus Wu & Chou, 1981: 274 (synonymy according to Tseng 1983: 42).

Amblyseius peltatus van der Merwe, 1968: 119 (synonymy according to Tseng, 1983: 42).

Amblyseius (Proprioseiopsis) peltatus.— Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977: 71.

Amblyseius punicae Gupta, 1980: 213 (junior synonym of P. peltatus according Gupta, 1986: 134).

Specimens examined. One female, on Durio zibethinus, at Rayong Province, August 1994; three females, on Ipomoea pes -tigridis, at Rayong Province, February 1994; one female, on Durio zibethinus, at Chanthaburi Province, August 1994; two females, on Ipomoea pes -tigridis, at Rayong Province, February 1996; and one female, on Gossypium sp., at Nan Province, November 1999.

Female

Dorsal shield 329 (320–337) long and 268 (225–315) wide; j1 26 (24–29), j3 64 (60–68), j4 6 (5–8), j5 5 (5–6), j6 11, J5 8 (6–9), z2 34 (31–36), z4 22 (20–27), z5 5 (4–6), Z1 21 (18–25), Z4 109 (105–115), Z5 92 (83–96), s4 100 (98–100), S2 21 (14–25), S4 16 (12–18), S5 12 (10–15), r3 21 (17–25), R1 10 (10–11); distances between St1- St3 54 (52–55), St2-St2 73 (70–77), St5-St5 92 (90–97); ventrianal shield 106 (100–115) long, 112 (109–115) wide at level of ZV2; calyx of spermatheca 14 (12–17) long; fixed cheliceral digit 30 (29–31) long, movable cheliceral digit 31 (29–34) long; Sge III 27 (24–29), Sti III 24 (22–26), St III 28 (25–31), Sge IV 55 (45–61), Sti IV 37 (35–40), St IV 88 (83–90). Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2/0-2/0, 1; genu III 1, 2/1-2/0, 1.

Previous records. Cosmopolitan, including Thailand (Provinces of Chachoengsao, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977).

Remarks. The females examined are slightly smaller than the holotype (dorsal shield about 10% shorter), considering the measures given by Moraes & McMurtry (1983). Setae j4, j5 and z5 are also about 30% shorter, although setae Z1 and S2 are about 20% longer. Our measurements are similar to those reported by Ehara & Bhandhufalck (1977) for specimens from Thailand and Moraes et al. (2004a) for a specimen from Sri Lanka.

Notes

Published as part of Oliveira, Daniel C., Charanasri, Vatana, Kongchuensin, Manita, Konvipasruang, Ploychompoo, Chandrapatya, Angsumarn & De, Gilberto J., 2012, Phytoseiidae of Thailand (Acari: Mesostigmata), with a key for their identification, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 3453 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282177

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Proprioseiopsis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Garman
Species
ovatus
Taxon rank
species

References

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  • Moraes, G. J. de & McMurtry, J. A. (1983) Phytoseiid mites (Acarina) of northeastern Brazil with descriptions of four new species. International Journal of Acarology, 9, 131 - 148.
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